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The Fruit of the Mamoncillo Tree. 
relatively small and pinnate and give the tree a distinctly tropical appearance. The tree 
grows to be from twenty to sixty feet high, forming a very dense shade, and has been 
recommended for planting along roads and avenues for shade and ornament. 
The Importance of the China Berry Tree 
There are few trees more refined and beautiful than a well-developed specimen of 
the China berry (Melia azedarach) which has distributed itself so widely through the 
southern United States and tropical America. It is a native to the warmer parts of 
the Far East and is often referred to as the Pride of China. Being one of the most 
hardy of all the known tropical trees, it has a wider geographical artificial range of growth 
than any other Old World species now growing in the tropical and subtropical parts of 
America. It has been cultivated for over two hundred years in the southern states as 
well as in all the West Indian islands, where it is now very abundant, especially in towns 
and cities, and takes rank among the standard shade trees. Few trees are more orna- 
